The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1887-11-15

pulsory for the Government to paw tbo
President.
Minister Thurston-W What would you "a,
him
Noble Richardson-YOu could; do it tho
same way as the Makiki claims.
Noble Smith thought they might a. uou
consider the matter now.
Rep. Helekunihi did not believe in bnr
dening the people with another salary h
was in the House to support economy. Bv
paying President be did not think tho,
would get any more efficient services
Rep. Paehaole moved an amendment bv
striking out the words except the Pres.
idert."
Noble Smith moved to insert in the hill
the words that no salary shall be paid the d
President except as appropriated by the
Legislature
Rep. Kauhane seconded the amendment
Rep. Kinney said if they were going 10
grapple with leprOsy they must have one
man who must have judicial mind. II
he is successful he will do more than anv
Ministry has done. This work had NOT
been done properly by past Presidents. If
they pay salary the President who ever he
is, must attend to the work and not to his
private business. There should be some
system in the matter.
Noble Young said he was in sympathy
with economy as long as it was economy.
He did not believe in hobby horses. He
spoke atlength on the importance of stamp
ing out leprosy.
Noble Smith said one of the duties of this
paid President would be to look after the
Government physicians. Some of them
ought to be removed to-day. There has
been no one to look after them. Every pre-
caution ought to be taken to stop the spread
of this disease.
Noble Widemann said there had been
Presidents in the past who had done their
duty He doubted whether paid Presi-
dent would leave his private business en-
tirely alone.
Rep. Paris believed in having man paid
to look after the public health i'll general.
Minister Thurston said the leper question
was tremendous one. If something was
not done very quickly to stop it, they would
find themselves in the same position as the
lepers at Kalawao. Last session $261 COO
were appropriated for the Board of Health.
1t must have good man as President to
disburse that appropriation. How had it
been done the past six years? The last
President sat in his Office making treaties
and appointing Consuls all over the world.
The last Secretary of the Board was Tax
Assessor and also ran a ranch. The real
work was done by a clerk at $3.50 a month
One of the items in the appropriation was
$4,000 for resident physicians Some of
them are very hard working men, While
others just come here to make money.
man is wanted to go around and look after
these physicians and see that they all do
their work. There is an appropriation for
medicines, which are to be distributed gra-
tuitously by these physicians. In one dis
trict the incumbent has saved up these
medicines. Two of them have charged Ha-
waiians who are entitled to free treatment.
There are now about 700 lepers, and the
probability is that before the next Legisa-
ture meets there will be 800 The Board
of Health could collect 800 lepers in Homo
lulu at any time If it wanted to. The work
has to be done Systematically. They must
NC b1OuShI III SCLOly dlld NOlCCly dllu llOL
by force. With all this work to be done
they must get a capable man as President,
and would the Legislature say they would
not pay him? Immense reform will have
to be made at Kalawao. There is no sys-
tenn or classification. 1t is the intention OF
the Board to remedy it. One Minister can
not do the work and properly attend to his
duties. Politics should be left out of this
question. The Branch Hospital had been
used for political purposes. There was no
question about it, they must have Presi-
dent, and he must be paid for his services.
If not, the Legislature is simply telling the
Board what the Israelites told the Egyp-
tians, to go ahead and make bricks from
straw. 1t can't be done.
Rep. Kauhi said it was little use trying
to find cure for leprosy. They might
search forever and they would never find
it. The only cure is the grave. They might
get the best doctor living and promise him
$4,000 if he affected cure. He might get
his money, but he would get no cure
There will be none until the ocean covered
these islands.
A motion to take recess was put and
lost.
Rep. Nakaleka spoke of the physicians
on Molokai, how they rode around and had
good time and neglected the work they
were paid for. One of the means of adj
vancing this country would be to grapple
with leprosy. He moved the House now
vote on the question.
The amendment offered by Noble Smith
was adopted and the bill passed third read
ing as amended.
At 1853 the House adjourned to 10 O'Clock
Tuesday morning.
Legislative Chit Chat.
A resolution was adopted Yesterday for